人参

人参

See also: 人參

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 人参 – see 人參 (“ginseng”). (This term, 人参, is the simplified form of 人參.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	参
にん Grade: 1	しん > じん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 人參 (“ginseng”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) にんじん [nìńjíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

人参 (counter 本, hiragana にんじん, katakana ニンジン, rōmaji ninjin)

1. a carrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus)

Derived terms

• 栃 (トチ)葉 (バ)人 (ニン)参 (ジン) (tochiba ninjin)
• 御 (オ)種 (タネ)人 (ニン)参 (ジン) (otane ninjin)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN